Alyssa Ross <h...@alyssa.is> writes: > Alyssa Ross <h...@alyssa.is> writes: > >> Linus Heckemann <g...@sphalerite.org> writes: >> >>> While it's unclear to me what git send-email actually does with the >>> -v2 parameter (it is not documented, but also not rejected), it does >>> not add a v2 tag to the email's subject, which is what led to the >>> mishap in [1]. >>> >>> [1]: https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2022-09/msg00679.html >> >> It does for me! >> >> Tested with: >> >> git send-email -v2 --to h...@alyssa.is HEAD~ >> >> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.37.1 > > I wouldn't be surprised if it only adds it when it's generating the > patch though. Did you perhaps run git format-patch first to generate a > patch file, and then use git send-email to send it?
Yes! I didn't realise that git send-email can be used without the intermediate format-patch step. I guess it's a git bug that git send-email will silently ignore -v when used with a patch file. I'll have a look at fixing that.
